Product Description translation field missing in Translate & Adapt

Topic summary

A user customized the Dawn theme to display product descriptions in a dropdown menu but couldn’t find the “Description” field title in Shopify’s Translate & Adapt tool for translation.

Key Points:

  • The product description content itself was translating correctly
  • The issue was specifically with translating the field title (e.g., “Description” to “Descripción” in Spanish)
  • Staff clarified that product descriptions are part of product data, not the template

Resolution:

  • The field title was hardcoded in the theme customization
  • Staff provided a link to documentation on adding translation keys for custom Liquid sections
  • User successfully implemented translation keys, resolving the issue

Technical Context:
When hardcoding custom fields in Shopify themes, translation keys must be added manually to make those elements appear in Translate & Adapt.

Summarized with AI on November 12. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hi @richbrown_staff you are totally right, it is part of the product.

My problem now is that there is no option to translate the Product fields. Any idea on how could I translate it?

Thanks!